my not-so-much friend's 17 year old brother Spencer just returned from juvenile detention (for his 7th visit). i was previously told by Jonathan that Spencer was in juvy and has been there 6 or 7 times, and i was also told that he blazes. i formed a negative bias toward him and didn't look forward to meeting him when he returned (last weekend).
like on Thursday or Friday morning i finally met him and talked to him and he seemed cool. he's one of those kids with the darker clothing and the Asking Alexandria/Black Veil Brides type music taste. i hate that kind of music (closest i'll get is like, The Used or Story of the Year or Hawthorne Heights) and i figured he'd be kind of a dork but he's actually really cool.
he plays guitar (i knew that from the two crappy Mahar guitars he has at his apartment) and he listens to more than just those crappy scenecigarette bands (variety of stuff, from Simple Plan to Metallica to Coheed and Cambria) and he learns songs very fast. he has an above average skill and he knows basic stuff like what instrument bands are good and how to get a good sound of an amp, as well as tuning guitars and even writing his own stuff. he's working on being a vocalist. he can already sing a bit, and he's working on screaming/vocal fries.
i'm liking him already, and we've been jamming at my place the past couple of days, working on playing two-part songs together, and it's going great. it's nice to know another musician outside of my band.
he knows a guy named Connor and he supposively can play drums, bass, guitar, and keyboard, as well as sing. i'll be looking into him some more, but Spence wants to try to start a band, and i figured i could use that as a little side project thing alongside Wasting Time, my other band.
since Spence is more into the scenecigarette type stuff like AA, BVB, and Self Delete Silence, there's obviously going to be a lot of influence from their music. i've learned songs like The Last Episode by AA and Dying In Your Arms by Trivium, as well as Knives and Pens by BVB, and i like the catchy little riffs and stuff they have in their music.
i'm an all pop punk/pop punk guy with some classic rock influences in my guitar playing, so i'm curious to see how this little side project band will be. i dont think it'll get in the way of Wasting Time since it'll be a while before the other band takes off and we start playing gigs around Myrtle Beach.
tl;dr friend's brother came back from juvy and he plays guitar and we've been jamming together. he's got above average skill and i enjoy playing alongside of him. he know a couple drummers at school and we're looking into starting a band, which will be a side project along my more successing band Wasting Time. yay
